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Tonight's Mariner cleanup hitter has an OPS of .515, and a rest-of-season ZiPS projection of .266/.299/.403.

Tonight's Mariner #5 hitter has an OPS of .472, and a rest-of-season ZiPS projection of .211/.311/.353.

Tonight's Mariner #6 hitter has an OPS of .315, and a rest-of-season ZiPS projection of .218/.298/.344.

The Major League average 4-5-6 so far (not adjusted for park) has hit .264/.341/.444. Only one of the three Mariners listed above has any defensive value at all.

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Our team is retardiculous
This lineup is a fucking disaster
I don't understand the fascination with Tui

Sure, he’s a righty. Saunders, though, has an actual future in the league and should be getting these ABs against lefties with good stuff.

Is the bench this banged up?

Or has Wak taken to using a Ouija board to determine the line up?

Manu Tuiasosopo isn't dead
Win Leverage!
Our roster is sooooooo bad.
I'm convinced Wak hates RRS

this makes two starts in a row he’s torpedoed the lineup for the Aussie. On top of being not so hot this year, he’s not getting many breaks.

And yet..

He loves Sean White. It boggles the mind.

RRS has pitched pretty terribly, I think he has nothing to complain about except his own performance.

The ones I really feel sorry for because of lack of offensive support are Fister and Cliff Lee.

What about Felix and Vargas?
Them also of course. RRS has been the only starter who's been terrible. (The others terrific).

But Fister and Lee really have been getting a raw deal.

Snell didn't do too well, either.

But yeah, Fister and Lee have both been screwed over aplenty.

It's as if Wak is blindly putting Ichiro and Figgins atop the lineup, then putting on a blindfold and throwing darts to set the rest of the lineup.

Every time he misses the board, Griffey gets to bat fifth.

I sure wish Wak drops Figgins down to 9th soon.
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I'm just gonna sit here and rec and un-rec and rec this over and over

Since I’ve already stated my position about Wak and everything and don’t want to talk about it anymore, this is by far the most therapeutic option left to me. Other than killing large mammals. Opening Day should not be in October.

When in Wak going to stop starting Griffey all the time??

It’s driving me crazy. Everytime he comes up to bat, I think, there’s an out and hope it’s not a double play ball!

As mentioned in the previous post, if Griffey doesn't start, he's your only "albe" body on the bench.

Johnson, Langerhans, and Sweeney are hurt. The only person able to defensively sub today is Saunders.

Then Wak should've put Saunders in left. Fucking ridiculous.
Which means you get to play Griffey on defense if anyone gets injured.

Might want to rethink that one.

Is that really worse than starting him as the DH?

I don’t really understand our fascination with playing Griffey in order to protect a defensive substitution. Obviously if someone gets hurt then Griffey would have to fill in…isn’t it more beneficial to start someone who can hit and play the odds that no one gets hurt?

Is Sweeney really hurt?
If that's really the case, Tui should be the one on the bench

since he has the ability to (badly) play both the infield and outfield, as well as being the emergency catcher. Plus Saunders is a pretty cool guy.

Hey, Tui could be a great guy too

But not Griffey. He’s a dick.

Eh plays good defense and doesn't afraid of anything.
I keep reading posts like this...

and it’s like Griffey being on the bench most of last week against RHPs didn’t happen.

It doesn't feel like he's been on the bench. It just feels like he's always playing.
Why isn't he on the bench now? Is Sweeney really hurt?
If Sweeney is really hurt, he needs to be on the DL.

We keep way to many players that are hurt off the DL and on the bench for days and days.

That's true. I'm just hoping this isn't some stupid statement from Wak.
Sweeney keeps saying he can play. I'm puzzled as to how he can't manager to walk up

to homeplate, swing a bat a handful of times for a few hours, and maybe do some light jogging.

If your body cannot handle this level of activity, maybe it’s time to retire from pro sports

Reporters yesterday said he was wearing a patch on his back after the game.

So yes, his back is actually sore.

Next up...

fun with ammonia and chlorox

Sounds like a gas.
This roster is total shit. With this ragged lineup and RRS (who has been terrible this season)

on the mound this organization is really tempting their fans to go find an alternate source of entertainment this evening.

Why is Tui starting?

I almost just badmouthed him now, but in any case Tui seems terrible and shown nothing to indicate that he belongs in the big leagues now or in the near future, or am I wrong?

Jeff pointed out the 4-5-6 batters above,

but when you look at the lineup, there are only 2 hitters, Ichiro and Guti, surrounded by flotsam.
Ichiro, RF
Figgins, 2B
Gutierrez, CF
Lopez, 3B
Griffey, DH
Tuiasosopo, LF
Kotchman, 1B
Josh Wilson, SS
Bard, C

Stop existing, Griffey

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